HR-114P; Limited or no connectivity

First and foremost, I would like to say hello to all of you since I am a new member on the boards.

Second, I have a problem with regards to my router which is a HR-114P by LanTech.

The problem is that when I try to use the router and have the PC obtain IP Address Automatically, an error will pop-up indicating that there is limited connectivity or no connection to the network.

I have already tried ipconfig /release, and, ipconfig /renew but get the error; An error occured while renewing interface local area connection: unable to contack your DHCP server. I also find it funny that there is no Default Gateway when it finishes

I also checked services and DHCP is running/started.

Could it be that the problem is the router itself? This particular router of mine hasn't been used for almost a year (11 months precisely)

Summary:

• There is no Default Gateway
• IP Address is 169.xxx.xxx.xxx
• And router page cannot be accessed.

I wanted to use this router so that I can have it connect to the Internet directly without the use of a server so that I can conserve on electricity bills since I run a small network at home (Three (3) PC's)

Please help and thank you for your time

 

Welcome to WindowsBBS.
To get the ball rolling we need a little more info.

Are all 3 PCs connected to the router via Wired Ethernet?
Factory terminated Patch cables or terminated on site?

Have you tried connecting all 3 PCs or just the one that was the former server?
Did you remove ICS from the former server?

What type of internet connection do you have?

 

Is DHCP enabled on your router ?

Try giving static address to one of your PC (the IP address range would be given in the router manual - its usually 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.254 or 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254, with 192.168.x.1 being usually reserved for the router) & then check if you can just ping the router for a start.

 

Thanks Scott! I'm glad to be here.

I have only two PC's actually. One was the former server. Yes it is a wired ethernet connected to the router/switch. HR-114P is both a router and a switch by the way.

I didn't quite get this but if you meant that I made the cable myself then yes I did. I checked it by sharinbg files from one computer to the other and it works fine.

Just the former server for now since I want to access first the router's page/config.

Nope. Nothing was removed.

I have a DSL connection.

I am really not sure since I can't access the router configuration on IE.

Now this one I think I tried. When opening the router configuration via IE. It just tries to load for a long time then an error will say that "connection is reset by peer ". As for pinging, the request just timed out...

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If this continues on, I think I'll just go and look for a new router. I just want to salvage this thing so that I can save up.

 

DING DING DING! We have a winner!

If it worked Peer to Peer it's a Crossover cable.

You need a straight through cable when connecting to a switch.

http://www.lanshack.com/make-cat5E.aspx

 

Nice one!!!!!

 

the best thing always to do is to reset the router and start from scratch
"Limited or no connectivity" means the router is not connected to the internet
Could be anything - even a bad network carble
you can only do one thing at a time basically to isolate where the issue is
A 169 number for the most part means that you are not connected - which you know already
Here are some specific diagrams

http://portforward.com/

reset the router by holding the reset button in the back
Make sure that the network card in your computer is working as in the device manager
You do not say if you are on a wired or wireless connection??????
You do not say if you are on a dsl ( setup involved) or a cable broadband connection
Are you hard wired or on a wireless network card and have not entered the security code ( or proper code)
If it is wireless - make sure the router is high and uncluttered
95 % of the problems of wireless are caused by neighbors signals wafting in and interefering .
Change the channel - first to 1 or 11
You do not mention a wireless signal so i assume you are hard wired
You mention no gateway or ip so i assume that somehow you are connected to the router
Unplug the isp modem
Reset the router
Reboot your computer
Plug in both
If you are on dsl you will need your account info
If you do not have it - phone
Set up the router from scratch
As I said it may be as simple as network cable that is faulty or not plugged in tight
Happens all the time after frustration sets in
A very useful networking utility once you are up and running is network magic

www.networkmagic.com

 

Most of the switches would work with either straight thru or crossover cable [they have become intelligent ] , but to keep things easy & understandable a straight thru cable is used with switch.

 

Key point to note is that ZeroRush is using a router rather than a dedicated switch. Cheap routers often don't have intelligent ports.

Perhaps more importantly, it matches the symptoms. It could be something else, but wrong type of cable has to be the best diagnosis at the moment - unless ZeroRush comes back with something new.